New Leadership

Our society has become unsustainable environmentally, economically and psychologically. It is the collective decisions of leaders, whether they are in business, government, charities, religion, the public sector, or our community, which creates our society. As our society is unsustainable, this means our leadership has become unsustainable.

Many of our leaders are now finding they are ‘in over their heads’ as they face of increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA). Their psychological growth is becoming misaligned with the challenges they face. The majority of these leaders are at Stage 4 in their development, which is called ‘conventional’ as it was once viewed as the highest stage of development required for leaders in organisations. It is the level of consciousness of these leaders which is continuing to create our unsustainable society.

To lead us to a better, and more sustainable, future in the VUCA world, we need 'new leadership'. Our society needs more leaders who have developed to the ‘post-conventional’ stages of psychological growth. These post conventional leaders can employ ‘new leadership’ and, together, create a better future for us all. To co-create a more sustainable society we need leaders to grow to a new level of consciousness.

Old LeadershipDevelopment Stage 4Conventional

New Leadership

Development Stage 6

Post-conventional

Competitive

Collaborative

Habitual

Agile

Likes to know the right answer

Knows there is no one right answer

Has a vision of the future

Enables others to co-create the future

Driven by ego and self-esteem

Driven by purpose

Protects self by delivering results

Gives self to serving others

Independent

Interdependent

Emotionally intelligent

Emotionally and morally intelligent

Thinks in terms of systems

Thinks in terms of patterns emerging from complexity

Authentic to their personality

Authentic to their values

Leaders can grow to Stage 6 by facing an appropriate challenges, but first they must be prepared and supported. Our New Leadership Development modules and programmes prepare, challenge and support leaders as they development and grow. We prepare leaders by helping them to them develop their ‘lines of consciousness’ (cognition, emotion and behaviour) and enabling them to experience Stage 6 ‘states of consciousness’. We guide leaders to take on a challenge that is appropriate for their next stage of development and support them through their developmental process.

For further information about Seven Stages of Leader Development, take a look at this article or download this free e-book.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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